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Statues

A pagoda at Mogao Caves.

Mogao Caves

Hundreds of caves filled with thousands of centuries-old statues and murals.

Hoa Hakananai'a.

London, England

Hoa Hakananai'a

The "lost friend” is the most famous of the six moai statues that were removed from Easter Island.

Synevyr Lake.

Mizhhirs'kyi district, Ukraine

Synevyr Lake

This stunning mountain lake was named for a pair of tragic lovers whose statues stand at the center.

Buduruwagala, Sri Lanka

Buduruwagala

Seven beautiful 1,000-year-old rock-cut Buddhist statues.

Edinburgh, Scotland

David Hume's Statue

Touching this 18th-century Scottish philosopher’s toe allegedly conjures good fortune.

Statue of Queen Victoria in front of High Court in Georgetown, Guyana.

Georgetown, Guyana

Statue of Queen Victoria

Though dynamited and defaced, the statue still stands outside the law courts in Georgetown, Guyana.

Golden Statue of David.

Louisville, Kentucky

Golden Statue of David

The Midwestern United States' tribute to Michelangelo is a foam statue sprayed with gaudy gold paint.

Pittsburgh's Mr. Rogers monument is immortal, and lumpy.

21 of the World's Most Delightful Bronze Statues

Atlas Obscura readers nominated their personal favorites.

Eric Grundhauser November 7, 2018

The Moai in Vitorchiano.

Vitorchiano, Italy

The Moai in Vitorchiano

A lonesome Moai stands in a small Italian town some 9,000 miles away from its Easter Island brethren.

Western Han Dynasty Terracotta Warriors Museum

These tiny statues form a terracotta army from China's Han dynasty.

Ayyyy! Sending us your greatest bronze statue is the coolest.

What's the Best Bronze Statue Where You Live?

Help us immortalize your favorite local monument.

Eric Grundhauser October 26, 2018

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Orlando, Florida

Tupperware Confidence Center

A museum preserving one company’s history of preserving food.

The statue.

Servants of Mary Center for Peace

The world's largest Our Lady of Guadalupe statue overlooks this Ohio sanctuary.

Why There's a Columbo Statue in the Middle of Budapest

The American television character is memorialized in an unlikely locale.

Lizzie Philip October 23, 2018

The monument with the backdrop of a church.

São Paulo, Brazil

Monumento Mãe Preta

This somber statue remembers the enslaved women who were forced to nurse their owners' babies.

Dionysus statue.

Kouros of Apollonas

This ancient statue of Dionysus lies unfinished and abandoned in one of Greece's oldest quarries.

The Venus of Gyoza.

Utsunomiya, Japan

The Venus of Gyoza

At a Japanese train station, a goddess emerges from a dumpling.

Why Is There a Columbo Statue in the Middle of Budapest?